This political group were the "Radical Republicans".
The radical republicans opposed slavery and distrusted ex-confederate states and advocated harsh penalties for them.
-Many trade routes that traveled east to west.
-It connected the imperial court of China in the East to the Roman Empire in the West.
-Eventually it stretched over 8,000 miles
No single route was taken, rather several branches developed, passing through different oasis settlements.
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